BOOKED OUT Our next event will be held Saturday, 3 March 2018 and you can register now! Email web@sydneybats.org.au Make this your battiest Halloween ever! Close (but safe) encounter with live bats Kids’ Halloween craft activities We look forward to seeing…

When: Friday 10th March at 6.30pm onwards Where: NPWS Heritage Centre, Govetts Leap Rd, Blackheath IT’S A BAT FEST!! Bat cave for the kids Bat talks Bat films Bat walks (bring torches) Download PDF

Get to meet flying-foxes up close in a safe environment and learn much more about them! What’s happening: bat encounter, bat talk, displays, kids’ craft, light refreshments provided and finally, watch the spectacular fly-out as the flying-foxes leave their roost…

Get to meet flying-foxes up close in a safe environment and learn much more about them! What’s happening: bat encounter, bat talk, displays, kids’ craft, light refreshments provided and finally, watch the spectacular fly-out as the flying-foxes leave their roost…

Date: Saturday 20 February 2016.  Time: 6.30 pm – 8.15 pm What’s on: meet live flying-foxes up close (in a safe environment), your questions answered, displays, craft activities for kids, refreshments, watch the spectacular nightly fly-out approximately 20 minutes after dusk from Rosedale…

2016 CALENDAR : “A Year in the Life of a Grey-Headed Flying-Fox” is the brainchild of Wildlife Ecologist Jacob Sife. The calendar has a month-by-month format:  each month features stunning images of flying-foxes going about their daily business along with an…

  Date: Saturday 21 November 2015, Time: 6.30 pm – 8.15 pm What’s on: meet live flying-foxes up close (in a safe environment), your questions answered, displays, craft activities for kids, refreshments, watch the spectacular nightly fly-out approximately 20 minutes…

You’ve seen a dead bat on power lines? Does it matter? After all lots of bats (and possums) come to grief on power lines. While most of the year the body could just hang there until decayed enough to drop, now…

Flying-foxes warmly welcomed at Centennial Park Flying-foxes rarely receive a warm welcome, but Centennial Park in Sydney is taking advantage of peoples’ curiosity about these amazing mammals and is attracting more visitors to the park with a series of tours.…

The recent extreme heat events along the east coast have taken their toll on wildlife, with flying-foxes being badly affected, particularly pups and juveniles. Rescuers and carers are having to deal with unprecedented numbers of dead or injured animals. The…